Corner-piece or edge-piece protection for traveling bags



l s. @msm-m. CORNER PIECE 0R EDGE PIECE PROTECTION FOR THAVELING BAGS.

mum om@ m i of corner-pieces to the lower quarters of the use the same.

SAMUEL DRESNER, `0F CHIGAGD, ILLINOIS.

CORNER-PIECE 0R EDGE-:PIECE FROTECTION FOR TRAVELING BAGS.

.application sied July 27,

To all whom t may concern: j

Be it known that l, SAMUEL Diansivnn, citizen of thellnited States, residing at Chicago, llinois7 have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in a Corner-Piece or Edge-Piece Protectionfor Traveling Bags; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and `My invention relates to traveling bags,`

y suit cases and thelike, its general objects be-` ing those of improving the strength and duw `rability of such an article and also of enhancing the appearance of the same.

ln making hand bags of this general cla`ssy "it has long been customary to increase the strength, durability and appearance of the same by providing its sides and endsl adjalcent to the bottom of the bag with raised portions `which will receive a large share of the side `thrustsand end thrusts `to which such bags are ordinarily subjected. These raised portions are sometimes integral with the adjacent sideio-r end portionsof the bag,

l being. outwardly embossed and held so by piece adjacent to an edge of the latten` underlays of cardboard or `the like. More oftem this general result is accomplished by aifixing reinforcing members in the form practice, such afhxed corner-pieces or other edge-pieces are commonly inadeof leather `and secured to the adjacent sides of the bag by stitches running' through both the main leather covering of the bag and the edge- While this method of attaching the reinforcing pieceshas proven quite practical, it

is not entirely adequate in case the bag rubs against an `adjacent object in `sucha way as to cause a downward strain to be exerted against the upper edge of the corner-piece or longer edge-piece. Under such a condition the upper edge of the reinforcing piece is apt to be turned outward'or away'from thelleather of the bag7 thus interfering with the appearance of the bag and also presenting` an effectively widened upper ledge adaptedtocatch more readily onsomeeXternal object. Then if such a sculiing of this edge by eontiguousobjects is repeated, this may 192].. Serial Ill'mdTZllL easily cause a strain tending lto `pull the corner-piece or longer edge-piece away from the bag, thereby ripping the stitching and loosening the reinforcing piece.

bag with means for guarding the upper and j `lateral edgesof such auxiliary reinforcing members or the shoulders of the corresponding integral side and end portions by providing guard formations for receiving at least part of the rubbing action. Moreover, my invention desirably aims to ar range the needed guard means in such a manner that they will also add considerably to the appearance of the bag. `lurthermore, my invention aims to accomplish these results `with a simple and inexpensive construction and one that will require relatively little additional work in the manufacturing of the bag. `It also aims to provide a protecting and ornamenting guard formation for the above purposes which can be applied with equal facility to hand bags of variousshapes .and types, it being understood `that theterm traveling bag is here used in a broad sense and not as denoting anyr particular shape or type of hand bag. Illustrative of my invention, Fig. 1 shows a traveling bag equipped with my invention as employed in connection with auxiliary reinforcing members of a common corner pieceltype.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective viewy showing the lower end portion of a bagl having my invention employedthereon in connection with an auxiliary edge-piece which forms aisingle `andcontinuous reinforcement for the two lower corners at "one end of the bag and for the intervening lower edge at this same bagend.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section taken through the bag of Fig. l along the correspondingly numbered line of that figure. j. j i y Lis a similar section drawn on a` smaller scale and showing my invention as used in connection withan auxiliary reinforcing edge-member which is not raised or embossed. j j j j Fig-,i isa somewhat similar section show-i ing my invention as employed in connection with an edge-piece formed from the main leather covering of the bag.

ln applying auxiliary corner-pieces to traveling bags, it has been customary to atlix these to the outside of the bag, and it has also been customary to enhance the effective thickness of such a corner-piece by interpos ing a corresiiondingly shaped piece of cardboard'between the corner-piece and the adjacent leather covering of the bag. so that the corner-piece when applied will be outwaidiy raised 'or embossed. For example, Fig. 3 shows portions of traveling bag in which the inner lining l is spaced from the outer leather covering 2 by the usual cardboard or liber stil'ening 3, the leather side 2 being desirably. continued under the bottoni of the bag so `as to overlap the corresponding leather bottom piece 4. The auxiliary leather corner-piece 5. as applied to the outer face ol' the bag is likewise lapped under the bottom of' the bag, being here shown as spaced from the leather side of the bag by a cardboard insert 6 and as secured to the side the bug by stitching 'l extending .parallel and close to the upper edge 8 of the corner piece.

lVith the auxiliary corner piece thus disposed, it will be obvious that the upper edge 8 of the corner pieceis continuouslyexposed to the possible engagement with extraneous objects, and such engagement if downwardly directed will tend to turn this edge and to rip the seam To guard against this, l em? boss the leather side 2 of' the'bag in` an out ward direction` immediately above and par allel to the said edge 8 so. as to form an outwardly directed ridge 9 extending raised beyond the edge 8 of the reinforcing corner piece. Then I maintain this guard ridge' 9 in its outwardly directed position by insertingV a filler l0 of rope or the like between this embossed' portion of the leather covering and the'cardboard lining 3 ofthe bag. l desirably also keep the liller 10 from sliding up,- wardly along the bag by an auxiliary row of stitching ll 'extending through the leather covering 2 and the cardboard lining 3 of the bra-@adjacent to the upper edge of the ridge 9'.

'Thus arranged, it will be obvious from Fig. 3 that any object sliding downz along` the side of the bag from above the ridge'Qw-ill be deflected outwardly of the bagby this ridge and will ridev over the upper end ofthe cornerpiece without engagingjthe exposed edgeS oitv thelatter. In other words, the embossed ridge 9 forms a guard which will et ttectiyely prevent the engagement of ex-. traneous objects with this upper edge of the corner-piece, thereby guarding both against the unsightly turning of this upperedge and against a ripping of the stitches which hold the corner-piece .in position. I y l' 4 'lVIor'eoven by keeping this embossed guard rigidly parallel to the edges ol the corner piece l provide an ornrfimentation which considerably enhances the appearance ol the bag, so that l accomplish two highly iinportant purposes with a simple and easily manufactured construction. Furthermore. the same arrangement can readily be applied regardless of the shape or size of the rein forcing edge members olf which the corner pieces are the most commonly used l For example, Fig. 2 shows a bag in which the edge member l2 runs continuously alom! the end ot the bag und includes the equivalent oiI two separate corner pieces-i. Se also while l have heretofore described nu' invention as used in connection with a corner piece maintained in outwardly embossed relation by an underlay 6 ot cardl'ioard. .l do not wish to be limited to this or other detailsl ot the construction and arrangcmont thus disclosed. Obviously. the arrangement muy be modilied in many ways without dcparl'iiu 4 'from the spirit oli my inventimi or l'i'om ilu' appended claims, and the guard 'formation may be varied both in width and in height.

lflor example, Fig. l shows a bag portion iu which my invention is employed in connection with the reinforcingT edge-piece which is not outwardly embossed but whit-li contacts latwise with outer face of the bag. and also shows the use of' a more .flat torm oi'i inlay 13 under t-he guard ridge formation which will afford a somewhat diiferent oriiainentiil appearance.

So also, my .invention may be employed to good adif'anta-ge in increasing both the durability and the appearance of a. bag having its main leather covering outwardly embossed to afford a raised portion adjacent to the lower edge of the bag. as shown in Fig. 5, by providing` a similar guard or ridurre which will share the rubbing' with the shoulder 114 ot the embossed portion and hence will greatly increase the wear.

I claim as my invention l. A traveling bag embodying a. rein forcing member disposed on the outside olE thc bag? the main portion ot the bag :uil'jacent to the upper andl lateral edges ot the rein'liufring member being aised beyond the said edges to guard. the latter against sculling.

2. A. traveling bag embodyingr a reint'orc ing member disposed on the outside, of the` bag and stitched to the bag by a seam adjacent to an edge oiV the reinforcing member. the main surface portion oi? the bag :uljacent to and above the said edge being raised to alli-ord a guard extending substantially parallel to the said edge. v

3. A traveling bag embodying a reinforcing member disposed on the outside of thc bag and stitched to the bag by a seam adjacent to the upper and lateral edges ol: the reinforcing member` the main surface por` tion of the bag adjacent to the said edges l ii being raised to aliord a guard extending substantially parallel to the said edges for the entire length thereof, and a filler under the saidraised guard for maintaining the latter in its raisedposition` j 4l. The combination with a traveling` bag having an externally projecting reinforcing corner piece secured thereto, oi a guard Yformation upon the surface of the bag adjacent to an edge of the corner piece and projecting outwardly of the bag considerably 4beyond the said edge, the said guard forma` j tion beingintegral with the outer covering of the bag, and a `filler behind the guard formation for maintaining 'the latter raised.

" wardly of the bag beyond the said edge to guard the said edge against contact with external objects.

6. ln a leather covered'traveling bag, an edge reinforcement extending along the lower edge of the bag and secured to the exterior of the leather bag covering by stitching disposed adjacent to the upper edge oi the said reinforcement, the portion of the leather `bag covering to which the reinforce `ment is affixed having an outwardly directed ridge embossed therefrom and extending substantially parallel and close to the said upper edge of the reinforcement and extending outwardly of the bag at least as far as the said reinforcement.

'7. ln a leather covered traveling bag, a

corner piece aiiixed to the exterior thereof i at a lower corner of the bag and secured to the bag` by stitches including stitching `extending adjacent to the upper and lateral edges of the corner piece, the leather bag covering having an outwardly directed ridge embossed therefrom' substantially parallel and close to the said edge and projecting outwardly of the bag beyond the said edges to guard the said edges against Contact with 4 j external objects and a filler within the said ridge, there being stitches through the bag adjacentto the said ridge for preventing a movement of the filler away from the corner piece.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, July 25th*` SAMUEL DRESNER. 

